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Cuba Settles for Lesser Film Fest Awards

Cuba had to settle for minor awards at this year’s Festival of New Latin American Cinema, where — to the disappointment of many — the movie Habanastation failed to fare very well.

A View from Cuba of the 2012 Doomsday Predictions

Fanatics insist that the end of the world will occur on December 21, 2012, the exact date when the Mayan calendar ends. They contend that this is not conjecture based on interpretation but a reality that the wise ones of that civilization were able to predict from times in the distant past.

Welcome to Cuba Reggaeton, but …

Reggaeton is not only a musical style but a whole way of life as well as a reflection of social changes occurring in this part of the world. When it made it to Cuba, I received it with open arms.

Ticks in Havana

A few weeks ago I visited a family in the Luyano neighborhood that’s dealing with a tick infestation. Every day, more than once a day, a family member in the house has to remove ticks from their dog (a mutt mixed with a Labrador).

OMNI Asks for Help

The non-government Cuban art project OMNI-Zona Franca has issued a call for solidary assistance. The group has circulated an email asking for participation, grass roots assistance, financial support and friendship for the holding of this year’s Festival Poesia Sin Fin (Endless poetry festival).

My Real Cuba

When I began to write for Havana Times two years ago, I thought I was running the risk of being expelled from the university or being looked at poorly in my neighborhood the day I was discovered.

The Taliban and Coca Cola: The Intolerable Impunity of Power

A few years ago, at the height of the political campaign known as the “Battle of Ideas,” Havana was paralyzed with unusually frequent mobilizations of hundreds of thousands of people — all of which paid for with public resources — in the well-known “Marches of the Combative People” and the “Open Forums.”